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About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Senior Java Engineer with AI proficiency to help build the next generation FTSE Russell Index Platform. This platform underpins the calculation and distribution of FTSE Russell’s global family of indexes and requires advanced engineering, high precision data processing, and deep collaboration across global teams.
This is a deeply technical role focused on designing, building, integrating, and operationalising modern software and AI driven capabilities across internal platforms and client facing products. You will work with innovative technologies, contribute to complex algorithmic design, and drive engineering excellence in a high performance, data intensive environment.
Key Responsibilities
Core Engineering & Platform Delivery
Design, develop, and maintain complex Java and Python applications using modern engineering practices. Build / embed AI powered features into mission critical systems.
Architect and enhance services that support largescale, performance critical index computations.
Collaborate with Product Managers, UX, and engineering teams globally to deliver high quality products.
Lead projects end-to-end through requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and operations.
Build and maintain automated test suites to ensure performance, scalability, and security.
Diagnose production issues, identify root causes, and deliver Level 3 support and fixes.
Conduct peer reviews, provide technical leadership, and mentor junior engineers.
Required Experience & Skills
10+ years of hands-on backend software engineering experience.
Support the organisation’s AI adoption journey. Develop and enhance intelligent solutions using LLMs, LangChain/LangGraph, and agentic AI frameworks.
Establish engineering best practices for safe, scalable, traceable and production ready AI deployments across internal platforms and external product suites.
Strong algorithms, data structures, problem solving skills, and ability to translate business problems into scalable solutions.
Good command of coding standards and Strong understanding of both high level and low level software design
Expertise in
Core Java, Python
Building highly distributed, data intensive systems
Microservices, REST APIs
RDBMS (Oracle/SQL Server/Postgres)
CI/CD tools (Jenkins/GitLab), DevOps automation
Docker, Kubernetes
JVM profiling & performance optimisation
Prior exposure to Level 3 production support.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience leading or mentoring a team of engineers.
Experience within financial services or with financial market data.
Familiarity with in-memory caching, Spring Boot, Redis, Kafka.
Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber, JBehave, or Karate.
Background as a Scrum Master or experience running Agile teams.
What We’re Looking For
A proactive, creative engineering leader who enjoys solving complex problems, working hands-on with modern technologies, and driving AI enabled innovation. If you’re passionate about building resilient, intelligent, data intensive systems that power global financial markets, we’d love to hear from you.
Career Stage
Manager
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information
Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.
LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
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